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Post by Commish_Ron on Apr 18, 2017 13:57:17 GMT -5
No you cannot. But the owner often sets it to whatever he wants shortly before spring training starts. You should have received an in game email from the owner when that happened. You have to keep a close eye on it. There is a window to set it back to what you want before the deadline passes. That could be a big piece of what happened to your finances. But if that is the case it should have been that way for awhile.
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Post by Peter - Boston Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 13:59:29 GMT -5
No you cannot. But the owner often sets it to whatever he wants shortly before spring training starts. You should have received an in game email from the owner when that happened. You have to keep a close eye on it. There is a window to set it back to what you want before the deadline passes. That could be a big piece of what happened to your finances. But if that is the case it should have been that way for awhile. What I am saying is that it was set for 0 and was 0 up until 2 sims ago. I would have noticed a $24 million swing in the negative direction! I noticed it 2 sims ago and told the commish about it. Makes no sense to me but has destroyed my finances. I've been keeping a close eye on my finances all season. I've actually been trying really hard to win the finance aspect of the game.
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Post by David_ExposGM on Apr 18, 2017 14:05:27 GMT -5
Just going by reports. SnippedThanks David. I think what shot me into the red was the development and scouting money but here's the thing, I had that set to zero (0) for both before 2 sims ago and now it has shot up dramatically! I didn't do that. So that's where I got screwed. I was ok or at least better off than what I am showing now. I was in the green. Something 2 sims ago screwed with my these 2 budgets and it wasn't me.... That is a question for the Commissioner then. I don't think that's possible? Like Ron said, I've only seen the Owner adjust those budgets, and slightly, around Spring Training (if he does). I have never seen it happen any other time. And, again with just the limited information you've shown, that's a totally separate set of numbers to your -$30M player payroll number. Unless (as I mentioned) I am missing something really obvious!
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Post by Peter - Boston Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 14:15:39 GMT -5
The money for these 2 budgets comes out of the "total money available" pot. Again, I would have noticed $24 million going out of my "money available" and into these 2 budgets. I set both to 0 and it was 0 up until 2 sims ago. Idk.
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Post by Commish_Ron on Apr 18, 2017 14:57:11 GMT -5
The money for these 2 budgets comes out of the "total money available" pot. Again, I would have noticed $24 million going out of my "money available" and into these 2 budgets. I set both to 0 and it was 0 up until 2 sims ago. Idk. Yeah. That is crazy. I have never seen those amounts change any time between the start of spring training and the beginning of the off season. There has to be some other factor we are missing but I can't imagine what it would be.
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Apr 18, 2017 15:22:37 GMT -5
The money for these 2 budgets comes out of the "total money available" pot. Again, I would have noticed $24 million going out of my "money available" and into these 2 budgets. I set both to 0 and it was 0 up until 2 sims ago. Idk. Is anyone else experiencing something similar? If it was a glitch, I doubt it would happen to just one team.
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Post by NickP_Marlins GM on Apr 18, 2017 15:34:32 GMT -5
The money for these 2 budgets comes out of the "total money available" pot. Again, I would have noticed $24 million going out of my "money available" and into these 2 budgets. I set both to 0 and it was 0 up until 2 sims ago. Idk. Is anyone else experiencing something similar? If it was a glitch, I doubt it would happen to just one team. After what happened to Boston all of a sudden in the middle FA then any thing is possible with ootp and it's screwed up finances.
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Post by Peter - Boston Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 16:05:38 GMT -5
The money for these 2 budgets comes out of the "total money available" pot. Again, I would have noticed $24 million going out of my "money available" and into these 2 budgets. I set both to 0 and it was 0 up until 2 sims ago. Idk. Is anyone else experiencing something similar? If it was a glitch, I doubt it would happen to just one team. All I can say is I didn't put that $24 million in those budgets and the $$ wasn't in those budgets 2 sims ago. Has to be a glitch. I'm going to check with the commish and see how we can undo it. I shouldn't be penalized with negative finances for something I had no control over. I have no farm system. I had no reason to put any cash in there right now let along $12mil. But I am going to R-E-L-A-X and trust in the system.
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Post by Tim_GiantsGM on Apr 18, 2017 17:05:02 GMT -5
Just going by reports. Since your Pirates trade you have taken on $5.13M in salary (in total). The Sousa trade did shed $6M but your new Baez trade just returned that $6M. On the two widgets from your Finances page: Without any more to go on, if you are $30M in the red in your projected player budget right now, I don't see how you can really take on any more salary (I think). Just in the last two trades, when you shed the Sousa $6M, that would have made you "less red" but certainly wouldn't have got you to the point of being green on that one specific line. So I'm not sure how you can complete the Baez trade and assume $6M more without a flag being raised by the game? And because your cash is far less than your payroll budget number, that's why you show -$17.8M in cash. *** Unless of course I am missing something obvious? On your Accounting page: You were budgeted to loose $29.35M this season, for a total balance of -$16.5M, according to the numbers you provided. Those numbers don't directly related to your projected player budget but they do include your overall payroll expenses (and everything else). Your projection on that page (far right) shows you will indeed lose roughly the budgeted amount. The big difference year over year is the scouting and player expenses. Last year they were ZERO and now they are significant. That could have been raised either by you in the off-season (or possibly your owner before the start of the regular season - but not to put you that far in the red I would think). Looks like you also have money allotted to sign draft picks (good) and a small amount for IAFA (you won't get much with that number, but your call). Both of those numbers would also have been set in the off-season. So, aside from the trades taking on more money (which I don't get), unless you are mistaking the YEAR TO DATE numbers as showing you're in good shape (which are just a running total to the present time in the season), you are going to lose some money this year. Hope you can lock up the division with what you have now? Playoff revenue of any kind would help. Tim (SF) is "Mr. Numbers" in PBL. Maybe he'll have a look at this and offer more??? Thanks David. I think what shot me into the red was the development and scouting money but here's the thing, I had that set to zero (0) for both before 2 sims ago and now it has shot up dramatically! I didn't do that. So that's where I got screwed. I was ok or at least better off than what I am showing now. I was in the green. Something 2 sims ago screwed with my these 2 budgets and it wasn't me.... I agree with Davis's take. I primarily rely on the accounting screen, which shows minimal changes and a loss for both last year and this year. The development and scouting budgets had to have been locked prior to ST and unchanged since. I don't see anything that would have indicated a significant "green" amount for either projected budget room or projected profit a couple of sims ago. Note: at the beginning of the pre-season, the owner sometimes adjusts development and scouting budgets. More than once I have been surprised and then realized a change he made was the contributing factor. I always double-check those budgets before ST begins. I hate to ask, but are you certain you read the amount correctly (i.e., red vs. green)? I am colorblind, so I have to look closely to be sure. I wish OOTP would use a minus sign or parentheses to note negative amounts. Please don't be insulted by the question; I am trying to think of as many possibilities as I can. I support the suggestion that you experiment with the average ticket price. You may have to step it down a few times to locate the point at which attendance increases enough to generate more gate revenue than you are earning today.
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Post by Peter - Boston Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 17:35:57 GMT -5
Thanks David. I think what shot me into the red was the development and scouting money but here's the thing, I had that set to zero (0) for both before 2 sims ago and now it has shot up dramatically! I didn't do that. So that's where I got screwed. I was ok or at least better off than what I am showing now. I was in the green. Something 2 sims ago screwed with my these 2 budgets and it wasn't me.... I agree with Davis's take. I primarily rely on the accounting screen, which shows minimal changes and a loss for both last year and this year. The development and scouting budgets had to have been locked prior to ST and unchanged since. I don't see anything that would have indicated a significant "green" amount for either projected budget room or projected profit a couple of sims ago. Note: at the beginning of the pre-season, the owner sometimes adjusts development and scouting budgets. More than once I have been surprised and then realized a change he made was the contributing factor. I always double-check those budgets before ST begins. I hate to ask, but are you certain you read the amount correctly (i.e., red vs. green)? I am colorblind, so I have to look closely to be sure. I wish OOTP would use a minus sign or parentheses to note negative amounts. Please don't be insulted by the question; I am trying to think of as many possibilities as I can. I support the suggestion that you experiment with the average ticket price. You may have to step it down a few times to locate the point at which attendance increases enough to generate more gate revenue than you are earning today. I am positive that I read those amounts correctly. It was blank 2 sims ago. Both development and scouting were $0. Now there is about $24 million tied up in these budgets. I know at the beginning of pre-season the owner plops amounts in there but to go from $0 to 24 million???! And to do it 2 sims ago? No...something is messed up. Has to be a glitch or the Commish adjusted it be mistake during one of my trades. I sent him a PM asking for help.
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Post by Tim_GiantsGM on Apr 18, 2017 17:40:34 GMT -5
I am positive that I read those amounts correctly. It was blank 2 sims ago. Both development and scouting were $0. Now there is about $24 million tied up in these budgets. I know at the beginning of pre-season the owner plops amounts in there but to go from $0 to 24 million???! And to do it 2 sims ago? No...something is messed up. Has to be a glitch or the Commish adjusted it be mistake during one of my trades. I sent him a PM asking for help. Hmmm. Strange, indeed.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 19:42:00 GMT -5
I have not touched your budgets.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 19:43:59 GMT -5
The budgets still piss me off. Mine was slashed $46m for the past year after winning the division last year and profiting $15m. If my budget was same this year, I was projected to make another $15m now I'm on pace to lose $26m. It's quite bullshit.
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Post by Peter - Boston Red Sox on Apr 18, 2017 20:05:30 GMT -5
The budgets still piss me off. Mine was slashed $46m for the past year after winning the division last year and profiting $15m. If my budget was same this year, I was projected to make another $15m now I'm on pace to lose $26m. It's quite bullshit. I understand but how does $24 million get moved into my scouting and development budget?? I had it set for zero and it's been zero since the start of the regular season. It changed 2 sims ago and I notified you that something screwy happened to these 2 budgets overnight. Now my finances are all shot to crap! Not blaming anyone just saying something weird happened and now I'm screwed. I guess on the positive side, I should find some really really good international talent and the few 3 star guys I have in my farm system may actually develop into something which is good because my owner will likely not give me anything to work with in the offseason and I won't be able to resign any of the talented guys I have on my active roster.
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Post by Sean_RedsGM on Apr 24, 2017 7:17:23 GMT -5
Looks like you picked up a little bit of finances in recent trades but certainly not $17 million. If you are comfortable with it a shot of your Accounting screen may help. View AttachmentSo we're you planning on not signing any draft picks? When you subtract the numbers you say we're added as expenses, you're still over your budget.
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